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Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Hello Hello! My 6 year old has been wanting to learn how to sew...so I've been giving him basics as I sew along-how to thread the needle, the bobbin, refill the bobbin, measure etc.. Before I know it he'll be asking to help (that's what scraps are for, teaching how to sew-or so my grandma always told me.

finished!

While this didn't turn out EXACTLY as I wanted-one of my pockets gave me fits and I didn't want to remeasure and recut, so I just left it off.. And it is a little big, but that's ok. And the bias tape... I don't like bias tape-but I have A TON of it I was gifted, so I might as well use it vs throwing it.

My Pattern

I wish I knew how to do PDF documents to attach so any who wanted to download, could. But I don't.... Sorry. Let me recap from my last post... I measured my bible, added seam allowance.. WRote down WHAT I wanted in the cover...drew myself a little sketch... Then measured, added seam allowance and was finally time to cut.

I did cut more of the green polk-a-dot for inside for the flaps to make those doubled, too. This is all scrap fabric, jean material I used to recover our footstool last year, the green is flannel from baby butt cloths.

So I cut everything, then pressed the fabric. If you use ribbon, don't forget to heat seal the ends with a lighter so it doesn't become frazzled (yes I've forgotten before). Added into this stash of fabric was also brown bias tape. I sewed my two pockets-all that I kept was was the long skinny one for the pens. Then sewed it onto a flap... right sides together I sewed green polk-a-dot to the jean material, turned right side out, pressed, then top stitched.

The main part of the cover, I just sewed the two pieces together and cut off the extra fabric. Then I pinned on the flaps and the ribbons to sew everything together... Things were a bit uneven-but that's what bias tape is for, right?

I may end up cutting the ribbons a bit shorter, we will see. I also positioned my pen pocket in a way so if I want another, there's room without making it look squished.

As you can tell, the bias tape and I had a bit of an argument. It won. And no, I have no idea what I'm doing with it.. I know I have an attachment to do it for me...but I don't know how to use it-every time I try it tears my fabric my up. But hey, this works and it's functional.. A little fancy, but not so much it's distracting.

I slid Bible in, and wall-la. Dear hubby thinks I need to add some type of closure (he suggested a zipper....then I explained my hatred of sewing zippers....) So I might be added some sort of closure in the future, but for now, this works great.

Hopefully I didn't confuse you with how I did this. Let me know and I'll try to explain more.